WhatsApp is down across the world, outage leaves many chats silent on New Year's Eve

WhatsApp, a messaging client owned by Facebook, experienced issues all over the world on New Year's Eve, a day where it usually spikes in traffic. The app boasts almost 1 billion users. (ANDREW GOMBERT/EPA)

What's up with WhatsApp?

The popular international texting and calling app went down across the world on New Year's Eve, a day where the client has historically spiked in traffic.

DownDetector, a service outage monitor, showed the issues most heavily affected Western Europe.

Several regions in the U.S., including the North East and parts of the West coast were also hit by the outage.

A map on downdetector.co.uk showing the area affected by the WhatsApp outage. (downdetector.co.uk)

The international chat app got silent for many users at about 9:30 a.m. EST.

"Some people have had trouble accessing WhatsApp for a short period today. We're working to restore service back to 100% for everyone and we apologize for the inconvenience," the app's spokesperson said.

The company claimed to completely restore services before a second outage wave hit.

DownDetector's charts showed two spikes of reported issues within three hours of eachother for WhatsApp.

A chart on downdetector.co.uk showing two spikes of reported issues with WhatsApp. (downdetector.co.uk)

Traffic for WhatsApp tends to spike on New Year's Eve, with 54 billion messages sent out on Dec. 31, 2013, the app said.

The Facebook-owned app boasts nearly 1 billion users, many of whom won't be able to message their friends on New Year's Eve from the outage.